temps of oil, etc.

[LL - NY]

I wonder if it's the ones for the S-car, 'cuz my 200's been stable. Just the 
S-car is having the leaking T-stat syndrome. Bummer, it's TOO cold to 
want to change a T-stat with liquid cold stuff to stick my fingers in....

LL - NY


On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:36:50 -0500, Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I don't think the Audi thermostats last very long. The one in my '94 S4 is
> only a year old and it's not holding engine temperature when ambient gets
> down to -30 or so. If I slow down the temp comes back up, so I suspect the
> thermostat is not closing completely. It works fine when ambient is
> above -30. I've had this happen before and replacing the thermostat fixed it
> (last year was an exception; it overheated when ambient got around -40 and I
> had to slow down to keep it cool. Replacing the thermostat fixed that too).
> I'm beginning to suspect replacing the thermostat should be an annual
> maintenance item, unless I can find a better one somewhere.
> 
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces+munrof=sympatico.ca at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces+munrof=sympatico.ca at audifans.com]On Behalf Of LL
> - NY
> Sent: January 29, 2005 10:18 PM
> To: William Magliocco
> Cc: jon at audiclubna.org; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: temps of oil, etc.
> 
> My S-car is doing this (and yes, the temps fluctuate
> enough to suspect the t-stat), but it's too COLD to
> change the thermostat at the moment.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:17:18 -0800 (PST), William Magliocco
> <magliocc at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > How's your coolant doing?  My V6-12V usually hangs on
> > the center indication.
> >
> > When purchased, it ran colder, and would toss an error
> > code in the winter.  That went away in the spring, but
> > it still ran a bit low.
> >
> > Long story short-thermostat was changed with new
> > timing belt.  Engine ran better as it was now working
> > at the temperature range it was supposed to.
> >
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